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mirror.co.uk: Cole urges England to emulate British Olympic success mirror.co.uk

Cole urges England to emulate British Olympic success

reuters.co.uk     18-Aug-2008   7 related          

By Mike Collett WATFORD (Reuters) - Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole urged the England football team on Monday to emulate the success of other British sports sides including that of the athletes currently competing at the Beijing...                    

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Sudan's Bashir arrives in Turkey for Africa summit

alertnet.org     18-Aug-2008   85 related          

By Zerin Elci and Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Turkey on Monday for a summit of African leaders this week in his first trip abroad since an international court...                    

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Chelsea start Scolari era with win over Pompey

reuters.co.uk     17-Aug-2008   24 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea gave their new Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari the perfect start on Sunday with a stunning 4-0 victory over Portsmouth in their opening Premier League match of the season at Stamford Bridge.                    

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Arsenal and Liverpool start with first day wins

reuters.com     16-Aug-2008   26 related          

By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal launched their bid for their first Premier League title for five seasons with a 1-0 win over promoted West Bromwich Albion on the opening day of the Premier League season on Saturday....                    

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mirror.co.uk: Power crazy players seen fixated on Champions League mirror.co.uk

Power crazy players seen fixated on Champions League

reuters.co.uk     16-Aug-2008   14 related          

By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Modern players are too powerful and are fixated on the Champions League, according to Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill. Speaking at a media open day before the start of the Premier League...                    

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UPDATE 1-Soccer-Fit-again Heskey recalled to England squad

finance.cz     16-Aug-2008   30 related          

By Mike Collett England manager Fabio Capello included fit-again Emile Heskey in his 23-man squad for next week's friendly against Czech Republic but surprisingly overlooked new Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch. Centre-forward...                    

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No sandcastles please, you're in Italy

reuters.com     16-Aug-2008   7 related          

ROME (Reuters) - When in Capri, don't wander off the beach in a bikini. If you go to the sea in Eraclea, near Venice, remember that building sandcastles is forbidden. And don't even think about mowing your lawn at the weekend...                    

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Pilgrims flock to Iraq shrine despite blasts (Reuters)

yahoo.com     16-Aug-2008   354 related          

Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims poured into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala on Saturday, defying bomb attacks across the country to attend a rite that has become an annual show of strength for the Shi'ite majority.                    

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Jailed Belarusian opposition leader freed-daughter

reuters.com     16-Aug-2008   10 related          

MINSK (Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Kozulin, considered in the West to be the ex-Soviet state's most prominent political prisoner, was released on Saturday and is on his way home, his daughter said.                    

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Sudan's former eastern rebels suspend leader

alertnet.org     16-Aug-2008   1 related          

By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Former rebels from eastern Sudan on Saturday said they had suspended their own leader, accusing him of splitting their political party along tribal lines. The move raised the...                    

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